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Private Press Brewing

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From:
Private Press Brewing
 
California, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
11.8%
Score:
+3 ratings needed
Avg:
4.26 | pDev: 4.23%
Ratings:
7 | reviews: 2
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 11, 2023
Added:
Jan 13, 2021
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
Imperial stout aged in oak barrels and conditioned on vanilla beans and coffee beans.
Recent ratings and reviews.
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Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio

4.44/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Glossy black with a short tan head dispersing to a curled dark collar.

Stout, oak, vanilla and coffee all really come together in one expression of brownies ala mode chased by whiskey.
Jul 11, 2023
 
Rated: 4.19 by Beerbom from California

Aug 30, 2021
 
Rated: 4.29 by westcoastbeerlvr from California

Aug 21, 2021
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Reviewed by M-Fox24 from New Jersey

4.07/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
A: Dispense is jet black with a crow like façade, and asphalt tracings. This succumbs a camel hood that’s briskly extracted, from a combatting measure of slight retention. Correspondingly, a diminutive output on lace, with some adherence up against tepidity

S: A warped, plushy scent that’s industrious to the bean qualities. In particular, vanilla works Madeleines while coffee itches Tiramisu, before conjoining Affogato at length. Conversely, an upfront bitter sharpness that creeps to a vegetal, spiced state. All the while, bourbon outfits the environment near ripe fruit, but that reach is packed beneath the pits of pruned licorice and Mousse Au Chocolat. The barrel to sticky fruit ratio has a bit more popularity upon warmness, as does the enrichment for molasses, while the roasted malts chord a neighbor along caramel S’mores soon after sun-dried raisins. The conditioned entities of the blend stay relevant, with coffee prevailing at the start, but vanilla growing in namesake across each interval. In this regard, earthed connotations to vanilla oak stay repressed in the early stages, yet ride tactfully/persuasively to the diaphragm with caramelized fruit

T: Espresso ganache is quickly undisguised in the thick foretaste, and one that’s habitually hunted by the Sky Bar. In keeping with the embellishments, there’s a poise behind bitter coffee, which ascribes to the chocolate-y burnt edges of cake while securing nutty, chicory, and earthy growths. On the other hand, the vanilla bean(s) suggest light, creamy fruit in plums, apricots, and grape skins while fraying in the midsection to mocha raisin pudding. The barrel is casually reflected and hints at fig char, while drawing upon bourbon. In this vein, toffee and toasted coconut are signaled, while spiced oak skylines upon the dark roasted malts. The post concession vocals singed grains with crescendos in earthly-tarred chocolate, dirty ash trays, and a partitioned tone in coffee’s call for a looming green fret. Due course, a deferred revisit that nears modest oxidation on sherry drenched raisins, hard liquored candy, and a new level of density that grinds dried tobacco to charred leather with an orbiting green bite

M: A decadent full body with cut carbonation, warming heat, and a dried aftertaste that deeply leans on tannins. In bulk, the feel is silky and richly aware of the cuddling towards the smoothly pragmatic flavors with acerbity. Albeit, an unglorified perception in botanical greens, from the lurking dregs of coffee(s) acidic bite

O: Fairly coordinated in conditioning, where the blends acclimation to vanilla and coffee thrusts the yield, while seemingly triumphing that intrinsic level of richness with a bit of austerity
Jul 03, 2021
 
Rated: 3.96 by acurtis from New Jersey

May 30, 2021
 
Rated: 4.43 by leroybrown10 from Missouri

Apr 01, 2021
 
Rated: 4.41 by bret27 from California

Feb 15, 2021